Always Kickin'
- Studio
- Fleischer Studios
- Distributor
- Paramount Studios
Synopsis
Mother donkey Hunky tries to teach her son Spunky how to exercise his back kicks to kick like a "man," but he doesn't take it seriously. All that Spunky wants to do is sing along with his little birdy friends. He even tries to fly, but the birds discourage this folly. Suddenly, an ugly hawk swoops down and kidnaps one of the baby birds from its nest. Spunky summons all his courage to climb up a mountain to the hawk's lair, to confront the bully. Hunky tells Spunky to use his kicking, and Spunky manages to knock the bad bird out cold so that good donkeys and good birds can live happily ever after.
Characters
Hunky, Spunky, Baby Bird, Hawk
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Dave Fleischer
Producing
- Producer
- Max Fleischer
- Presented By
- Adolph Zukor
Animation
- Animator
- Myron Waldman, Arnold Gillespie
Pictures
Reviews
Always Kickin'
This is by far, the best Color Classic cartoon of the entire series in terms of
both animation, personality, story development, and especially, music.
The music has a fuller orchestration than most of the other cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios, and seems to have been integrated more precisely with the action
than the others in the series.
And although I'm not really a big fan of the Hunky and Spunky characters, this is the best vehicle next to BARNYARD BRAT.
A second title for this could also be "When Donkeys Fly," as
Spunky would rather play with the birds and emulate them than exercise his back kicks.
The ugly vulture from THE LITTLE STRANGER
"bird-naps" Spunky's friend from it's nest, and he goes off to the rescue, doing battle with the evil vulture, who is almost too much for him to handle.
But good intentions and a pure heart win over evil, and Spunky is motivate to do his exercises and continue to develop his back kick to be prepared should the evil
vulture return.